<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have betterroad maps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21979]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have betterroad maps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32791]]></link><description><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings:  Live so, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings:  Live so, my Love, that when death shall come,   Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the cell were a forest, we can now pull out individual trees to study them. We are using virtual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41359]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the cell were a forest, we can now pull out individual trees to study them. We are using virtual reality approaches as they are being developed for the computer gaming industry. Nonetheless, what we eventually want to do is to be able to walk into the forest and explore it in that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer — anything but a fighter. In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I say get an education. Become an electrician, a mechanic, a doctor, a lawyer — anything but a fighter. In this trade, it's the managers that make the money and last the longest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight fire with fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight fire with fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the other be where he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the other be where he may.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But here by the mill the castled clouds Mocked themselves in the dizzy water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8910]]></link><description><![CDATA[But here by the mill the castled clouds Mocked themselves in the dizzy water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52359]]></link><description><![CDATA[The short-lived self, teetering on the edge of extinction, is the only thing that can ever really matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait. The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is the smith of his own fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is the smith of his own fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a devil in every berry of the grape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor cast one longing, ling'ring look behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55266]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the context of a goal, understand the dynamics of human behavior and take the initiative to get to where you want to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43724]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation can assume that the addition of the words "under God" to its pledge of allegiance gives evidence that its citizens actually believe in God whereas all it really proves is that they believe in "believing" in God]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56992]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10807]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man's dog turns against him it is time for a wife to pack her trunk and go home to mama.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all. President Bush is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31198]]></link><description><![CDATA[For goodness' sake, why elevate AIDS over cancer? She shouldn't have filled out that questionnaire at all. President Bush is asking us to have faith in things unseen. We only have that kind of faith in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20724]]></link><description><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shaken-soldier syndrome is a traumatic brain injury that shows in veterans who have survived roadside blasts. In patients who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shaken-soldier syndrome is a traumatic brain injury that shows in veterans who have survived roadside blasts. In patients who are unconscious but with no penetrating head wounds, it would be extremely helpful for emergency medical technicians to test for a marker to see how severe the injuries are. Then perhaps something can be done early on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach me to feel another's woe,  To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach me to feel another's woe,  To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  That mercy show to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20904]]></link><description><![CDATA[One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things do not have meaning. We assign meaning to everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not failure, but low aim, is crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not failure, but low aim, is crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book -and does]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63165]]></link><description><![CDATA[No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have a serious violation at four polling stations, that is not many voters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34836]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have a serious violation at four polling stations, that is not many voters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Paint me as I am," said Cromwell, "Rough with age and gashed with wars;  Show my visage as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45418]]></link><description><![CDATA["Paint me as I am," said Cromwell, "Rough with age and gashed with wars;  Show my visage as you find it,   Less than truth my soul abhors."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24364]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50762]]></link><description><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28602]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the music of Beethoven, Bach and Charlie Parker, the Beatles' music was built to last - proving that a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the music of Beethoven, Bach and Charlie Parker, the Beatles' music was built to last - proving that a thing of beauty is a joy forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Bright portals of the sky, Emboss'd with sparkling stars, Doors of eternity, With diamantine bars, Your arras rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7445]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Bright portals of the sky, Emboss'd with sparkling stars, Doors of eternity, With diamantine bars, Your arras rich uphold, Loose all your bolts and springs, Ope wide your leaves of gold, That in your roofs may come the King of Kings. O well-spring of this All! Thy Father's image vive; Word, that from nought did call What is, doth reason, live; The soul's eternal food, Earth's joy, delight of heaven; All truth, love, beauty, good: To thee, to thee be praises ever given! O glory of the heaven! O sole delight of earth! To thee all power be given, God's uncreated birth! Of mankind lover true, Indearer of his wrong, Who doth the world renew, Still be thou our salvation and our song!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With swimming looks of speechless tenderness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48787]]></link><description><![CDATA[With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sound of a kiss is much softer than that of a cannon - but it's echo lasts a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sound of a kiss is much softer than that of a cannon - but it's echo lasts a great deal longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23842</guid></item></channel></rss>